This light flux control member comprises an entry surface, a reflective surface, a circular groove containing a first circular surface and a second circular surface, and an exit surface. The circular groove is disposed in such a manner as not to intersect with the optical path of a light from the entry surface to the reflective surface, and, in such a manner as to intersect with at least a portion of the optical path of a light, from being emitted from a point other than the center of the light-emitting element, entering at the entry surface and being reflected at the reflective surface, to reaching the exit surface. The second circular surface is formed in such a manner that the width of the circular groove widens as the opening ridges of the circular groove is approached from the valley portion of the circular groove.
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November 20, 2018
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